diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 0c7ef67774cd05..3986ace02b561a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -608,9 +608,13 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
will be used for both the global and the local variables. If *globals* and
*locals* are given, they are used for the global and local variables,
respectively. If provided, *locals* can be any mapping object. Remember
- that at the module level, globals and locals are the same dictionary. If exec
- gets two separate objects as *globals* and *locals*, the code will be
- executed as if it were embedded in a class definition.
+ that at the module level, globals and locals are the same dictionary.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Most users should just pass a *globals* argument and never *locals*.
+ If exec gets two separate objects as *globals* and *locals*, the code
+ will be executed as if it were embedded in a class definition.
If the *globals* dictionary does not contain a value for the key
``__builtins__``, a reference to the dictionary of the built-in module
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